盘点左撇子名人（2）

　　No.2  Bill Gates 比尔·盖茨

　　Claiming the nation's richest man among their number is a source of considerable pride for America's society of southpaws. In fact, the Microsoft titan and philanthropist is one of a surprising number of U.S. business moguls to be left-handed, including Henry Ford, John D. Rockefeller and former IBM head Lou Gerstner. But the club seems to be a guys-only fraternity-- research suggests that while left-handed men tend to earn more than their right-handed colleagues, there is no similar advantage for women. A study by the National Bureau of Economic Research floated the idea that left-handed men favor "divergent" thinking, a form of creativity in which the brain moves "from conventional knowledge into unexplored association." Maybe that's what it takes to develop a net worth estimated at billion.

　　包括美国第一首富在内的这一人群，是美国左撇子最引以为豪的。事实上，这位微软巨头兼慈善家仅仅只是美国商界左撇子巨贾中的一位，如福特、洛克菲勒和前IBM总裁郭士纳都是左撇子。不过美国商界的左撇子团体似乎是一个“女士止步”的男士联谊会，研究表面，尽管男性的左撇子商人要比右撇子盈利更多，但是这条规律却不适合于女性。美国国家经济研究所指出，左撇子男士更青睐于“发散性”思维，这是一种创造性的思维方式，使大脑“从传统的知识转移到未曾探知的联想中去”。也许正是这样的一种思维方式创造了一张价值约估为570亿美元的“网络”。